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First performed at the National Theatre on Broadway  on September 19, 1927, then played at the Sam H. Harris Theatre from June 11, 1928 followed by the Century Theatre from September 3-19, 1928, for a total of 437 performances. In London it played in 1928 with Genevieve Tobin.  
 
First performed at the National Theatre on Broadway  on September 19, 1927, then played at the Sam H. Harris Theatre from June 11, 1928 followed by the Century Theatre from September 3-19, 1928, for a total of 437 performances. In London it played in 1928 with Genevieve Tobin.  
  
Published as ''[[The Trial Of Mary Dugan|The Trial Of Mary Dugan and A Melodrama Of New York Life]]'' by [[Samuel French]] (New York and Hollywood) in 1955.
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Published as ''[[The Trial Of Mary Dugan|The Trial Of Mary Dugan. A Melodrama Of New York Life]]'' by [[Samuel French]] (New York and Hollywood) in 1928?/1955.
  
 
==Translations and adaptations==
 
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== Performance history in South Africa ==
 
== Performance history in South Africa ==
  
 
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1928: Performed by [[Zena Dare]] and [[Ben Webster]] as part of their repertoire, while on tour in South Africa
  
 
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The 1927 melodrama concerns a sensational courtroom trial of a showgirl accused of killing of her millionaire lover. Her defense attorney is her brother, Jimmy Dugan. It was first presented on Broadway in 1927, with Ann Harding in the title role, and in London in 1928 with Genevieve Tobin. Two American films were based on the play, one in 1929 directed by Bayard Veiller and starring Norma Shearer, and one in 1941 directed by Norman Z. McLeod and starring Laraine Day. The play was performed at the Savoy Theatre, Strand, London, during 1958. Presented by Peter Saunders, the play featured Betsy Blair, David Knight, Cec Linder and Patricia Burke.
 
 
During the play, the audience was addressed as if it were the jury.
 
 
The Broadway production debuted at the National Theatre on September 19, 1927, moved to the Sam H. Harris Theatre on June 11, 1928, and then to the Century Theatre from September 3-19, 1928, for a total of 437 performances.[1]
 
 
A novelization of the play, by William Almon Wolff, was published in 1929.
 
 
Ayn Rand's Night of January 16th is reported to have been modeled on this play.[2]
 

Latest revision as of 05:44, 29 May 2021

The Trial of Mary Dugan is a play by Bayard Veiller (1869-1943)[1].

The original text

A play about the sensational courtroom trial of a showgirl accused of killing of her millionaire lover. Her defense attorney is her brother, Jimmy Dugan. During the performance of the play, the audience is addressed as if it is the jury.

First performed at the National Theatre on Broadway on September 19, 1927, then played at the Sam H. Harris Theatre from June 11, 1928 followed by the Century Theatre from September 3-19, 1928, for a total of 437 performances. In London it played in 1928 with Genevieve Tobin.

Published as The Trial Of Mary Dugan. A Melodrama Of New York Life by Samuel French (New York and Hollywood) in 1928?/1955.

Translations and adaptations

Two American films were based on the play, one in 1929 directed by Bayard Veiller and starring Norma Shearer, and one in 1941 directed by Norman Z. McLeod and starring Laraine Day.

A novelization of the play, by William Almon Wolff, was published in 1929, and, according to Anne C. Heller (2009), Ayn Rand's Night of January 16th was modeled on the play.


Performance history in South Africa

1928: Performed by Zena Dare and Ben Webster as part of their repertoire, while on tour in South Africa

Sources

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Trial_of_Mary_Dugan

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bayard_Veiller

Anne C. Heller. 2009. Ayn Rand and the World She Made. New York: Doubleday

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